How Would This Computer Hold Up Against Games Like Skyrim, Fallout NV and 3, DayZ, and Rust?

[trouptiger29]

This is a computer I will be building soon, tell me what you think

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case ($28.25 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $491.18

 

[avenseth12]

Change out the AMD cpu for an I3, you will see better results for about $30 more. That case is really poor, spend a little more and get like a Corsair 200R.

 

[Matthew-san]

That seems like an adequate system for those games for High settings most likely. Upgrading the CPU would help but if you buy an i3 like avenseth12 said then you'd have to buy a new motherboard and re-install your old OS and that would be a big pain just to upgrade to an i3. If you're going to switch over to Intel processors and do all that work and spend so much money then you'd might as well go all out and buy an i5-4690k. If I were you, I'd save yourself some money and time and stay with the AMD CPU you have now or just buy a better AMD processor such as the FX-8320. Btw, I really think the CPU you have now should work fine with those games but if for some reason you don't get the performance you want they you could just buy a newer, better AMD CPU to save you money and time.

 

[James Mason]

I don't think he said he already bought the parts, but if he did it's kinda sad.

The games you want to play will only use 2 of those 6 cores, so they kinda are being wasted.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($112.09 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $484.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 01:03 EDT-0400

 

[Matthew-san]

Sorry! I've read too many threads.